On 12 Nov 2014, at 10:05, Igor Stasenko <siguctua@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10 November 2014 12:18, Marcus Denker <marcus.denker@inria.fr <mailto:marcus.denker@inria.fr>> wrote:
On 10 Nov 2014, at 11:59, phil@highoctane.be <mailto:phil@highoctane.be> wrote:
I'd say that we have all have suffered enough from a sucky text editor.
So, let's jump over the chasm with no regrets.
We aren't doing Squeak, right?
I Squeak, there was always some simple next step. But the community always said: âNo, Genius person X is working on Y which will be oh-so-much-betterâ.
And therefore, the next step was not done. Of course, Genius Person never finshed Y, because, after nearly doing it, he realised: Wow, one can do it even better!
And thus nothing was ever done.
You should think of it in positive manner: there still a progress - the Genius learned how to make it even better! Who said that progress should always affect whole community, not just single Genius Person? :)
As long as it does not hold back the community⦠the vicious feedback cycle was that people stopped doing because they were waiting. Why improve the system if it will be replace âvery soonâ? The problem is if that âvery soonâ never happens, the system is dead. Marcus